[etni] Fw: re: ETAI Newsletter 11 - June 2008
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- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:43:32 +0200
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From: "Leah Wolf" <ldwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ETAI Newsletter 11 - June 2008
KOL HaKAVOD!!
Shavua Tov!
Leah
ETAI wrote:
Subject: Newsletter 11: June 2008
"If you can't come to ETAI, ETAI will come to you."
Dear Readers,
The signs of summer are all around us now – report cards, end of year
parties, bagrut exams and, of course, the heat and humidity to name just a
few.
It's hard to believe that I initiated our slogan for the year and this
newsletter 10 months ago, and we are now at the 11th issue. This has been
an exceptional year for ETAI, with many mini-conferences and film
workshops held all over the country, in addition to the annual regional
conferences in Beer Sheva and Haifa.
At this moment, the preliminary programme for the Summer Conference in
Jerusalem on July 15-16th may be viewed on our website:
www.etni.org.il/etai/ It will also be sent by regular mail to all ETAI
members, together with the latest edition of the ETAI Forum. While it is
never easy to move to a new venue, we are constantly trying to improve and
organize the best conference we can, so that hundreds of teachers may
benefit from the high calibre guest speakers, who present tried and tested
practical ideas for the classroom. In addition, we provide participants
with a very impressive display of books and teaching materials from Israel
and abroad.
This year's conference will be preceded by a pre-conference event on July
14th (programme also on our website) aimed at non-native teachers of
English seeking to improve their proficiency. We are hoping that lots of
students and teachers will attend this special day. Unfortunately, we
couldn't get extra "gmul" hours for this event, but it will definitely be
worthwhile in many other ways. (To register, please contact Marna at
02-500-1844.)
Another special event at the conference will be an Awards Ceremony in
which outstanding English teachers will receive public recognition for
their work from Dr Judy Steiner, Chief Inspector for English Language
Education. As is usual with awards, many deserving teachers will not be
getting one this time, but we can all enjoy and share the honours bestowed
on this year's "chosen ones".
In order to develop and grow, ETAI needs new teachers to join its ranks
and participate in events. In the near future, teachers will be required
(by "Ofek Hadash") to take greater responsibility for their professional
development, so we hope that ETAI and all the English teachers in the
field will be able to form a genuine partnership that will work for the
benefit of all.
Take a new look at ETAI – "When you change the way you look at things, the
things you look at change". (Wayne W. Dyer) No other English teachers'
organization (besides international ones) provides its members (and
non-members) with the opportunities for professional development that ETAI
does. We are a totally voluntary association in which Board members,
Forum editors and conference committees give freely of their time and
energy so that ETAI can maintain high standards and provide support and
services to thousands of English teachers. I hope that you'll have a
wonderful summer vacation, and do make ETAI part of it! Nava Horovitz,
ETAI Chair
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